Tony Raines - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Raines status in the #96 car:

#96 Hall of Fame Car owner Roger Staubach said before the race that the team will look at how the team's regular driver, Tony Raines, performs in the second half of the season to determine if he'll drive for the team next season.(Roanoke Times)(6-26-2006)...

Gordon OK after scary wreck at Pocono UPDATE cleared:

#24-Jeff Gordon put a scare in the crowd and offered a testimony to safety advances by crashing near the end of the Pocono 500. Gordons Chevrolet suffered the most nightmarish of Pocono Raceway fates. The brakes failed suddenly at the end of the front straight...

Rumblings – Pocono:

Denny Hamlin did a NASCAR version of a spin and win today and captured his first ever NEXTEL Cup victory at Pocono Raceway in the Pocono 500. Hamlin led all but one lap of the first 51 when he lost a left rear tire going into the tunnel turn. After managing to keep...

Rumblings [Notes] – Darlington:

Greg Biffle finally broke through tonight at Darlington Raceway as he held off a charging Jeff Gordon to take the Dodge Charger 500. Biffle led the most laps (7 times for 170 circuits) and takes his second straight victory at this hallowed oval.....his first win of...

Rumblings – Race Notes – Phoenix:

It what turned out to be a "fuelish" event tonight at Phoenix International Raceway, Kevin Harvick passed Greg Biffle on lap 303 and led the final 10 circuits to capture the Subway Fresh 500....with probably only a little gas to spare. Harvick got the weekend sweep...

Richmond NEXTEL Cup Series Testing, April 11-13:

the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers will take their turn for three consecutive days of testing starting Tuesday, April 11. Below is the tentative schedule of when the drivers expect to test at Richmond International Raceway. Testing each day will run from 9:00am to...

Rumblings – Martinsville:

Tony Stewart led the most laps (five times for 288 circuits), then held off Jeff Gordon for a three lap sprint (after a late red flag) to take today's DIRECTV 500 at Martinsville Speedway. In a caution filled race (we had 16 of 'em) Stewart grabs his second win at ...

Ramblings – Martinsville:

Jimmie Johnson becomes our fifth different pole winner in as many races (we got snowed out last week if you remember) today at Martinsville Speedway as he captured the Bud Pole for Sunday's DIRECTV 500 with a speed of 96.736 mph (19.575 sec). This is career pole #10...

Testing at Kentucky week of March 27th UPDATE:

#96-Tony Raines is scheduled to test at Kentucky Speedway on Tuesday, March 28th and #12-Ryan Newman is scheduled on Wed., March 29th. Fans are able to view testing from the designated area outside Turn 3 for free. Testing usually begins at 9:00 a.m., and ends at approximately...

HOF Racing appeal denied:

Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach's #96 Hall of Fame Racing team will have to live with its Daytona penalty. The team's appeal was denied Tuesday by a three-person review panel of the National Stock Car Racing Commission at the NASCAR R&D Center in Concord, NC. HOF...

Labonte gets Heisman if he wins Daytona 500:

Roger Staubach gave a speech to his new NASCAR team [#96 Hall of Fame Racing/DLP Chevy] last week in Charlotte. He was trying to pump up his charges for the daunting task at hand. Driver Terry Labonte wasn't at the shop that day. Staubach already dangled a special ...

OFFICIAL…..HOF Racing, #96, Terry Labonte and Raines UPDATEs:

keep hearing that 1984 and 1996 Cup Champ, Terry Labonte will run the #96 Hall of Fame Racing / Texas Instruments Chevy for the first five races of 2006 to take advantage of the past champions provisional, with Tony Raines running the car in all the remaining races...

Terry Labonte denies HOF gig UPDATE 2 maybe he will….:

Native Texan Terry Labonte said he is not a candidate for the Cup ride at Hall of Fame Racing, the start-up team co-owned by former Cowboys quarterbacks Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman. "I've got a job," said Labonte, a two-time Cup champ who plans to retire in 2006...

Skinner in the #37 at Atlanta:

Mike Skinner was hired this week to drive the #37-BoSPOKER.net/PatrÃ³n Tequila Dodge for this Sundays Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Tony Raines, who drove the car at Michigan, has decided to concentrate on his job with Kevin Harvicks Busch ...

HOF Racing chooses driver…UPDATE 2 Raines? maybe not?:

on the Roger Staubach site, this is posted: As most of you know, Troy Aikman and I are principal owners in Hall of Fame Racing with Texas Instruments DLP sponsoring our car for the 2006 Nextel Cup Season. Weve hired a phenomenal crew chief in Phillipe Lopez and recently...

Spencer, R&J Racing team up at Martinsville:

Spencer, R&J Racing team up at Martinsville: Jimmy Spencer, a two-time winner on the Nextel Cup Series circuit, will drive the #37 BoSPOKER.net Dodge for R&J Racing this Sunday at the Martinsville Speedway. In making the announcement, team owner Roger Craven...

Mike Garvey, R&J Racing team up at Charlotte:

Mike Garvey, R&J Racing team up at Charlotte: Mike Garvey will drive the #37 BoSPOKER.net Dodge for R&J Racing in this Saturday nights UAW-GM 500 at the Lowes Motor Speedway, team owner Roger Craven said. Garvey, from McDonough, Ga., will complete the all...

Raines and #37 team part ways?

hearing #37 RJ Motorsports has parted ways with driver Tony Raines. No word on Raines plans [he is a HOF Racing candidate] or who will drive the car this weekend at Lowe's Motor Speedway. UPDATE: been told that Raines and the team have not 'parted ways', but Raines...

Kenseth wins pole at Kansas:

#17-Matt Kenseth won the Budweiser Pole for the Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway with a Track Record lap of 180.856mph for his 2nd pole of 2005 and 3rd of his career. THe rest of the top five are: #38-Elliott Sadler, #24-Jeff Gordon, #22-Scott Wimmer and #99-Carl Edwards...

#37 Crew Chief Suspended by NASCAR:

NASCAR has suspended crew chief Glenn Darrow indefinitely, for violation of the sanctioning bodys substance abuse policy. Darrow, [now former] crew chief for the #37 Dodge [Tony Raines driver] that competes in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, was tested for banned substances...